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t Peduncles long, few-flowered ; cal. not gibbous at tbe base 

 on the upperside. Ervum. Tares. 



1. V. hirsuta (Koch) ; ped. 1 — Q-Jl. about equaHing the leaves, 

 leaflets in 6 — 8 pairs linear-oblong truncate mucronate, calyx- 

 teeth equal aa long as their tube the 2 upper ones convei-ging, 

 pods obtnnff 2-seeded Imiry. — Ervmn Sm. Cracea minor Godr. 

 — Stip. 2-lobed, outer lobe trifid with setaceous segments, inner 

 lanceolate. Fl. small, pale blue, standard entire. Calyx-teeth 

 subulate. Pod obliquely truncate ; its upper sutiue nearly 

 straight and prominent at the end. Seeds globose, compressed, 

 red with darker spots, smooth ; hik long, linear. Ped. rarely 

 1— 2-flowered and pods glabrous. — ^Com-fields and hedges. A. 

 YI,— Ym. Sairy Tare. E. S. L 



2. V. tetrasper'ma (Moench) ; ped. 1' — 2-fl. about equalling 

 the leaves, leaflets Unear-oblong hlimt mucronate in 4 — 6 pairs, 

 calyx-teeth unequal shorter than their tube the 2 upper ones 

 shortest " diverging," poifo linear-oblong ahout i-seed^d glabrous. 

 — Ervum Sm. 515. 32. 14. — Stipules half-arro^shaped. Fl. 

 small, pale blue ; standard with blue streaks, emarginate. Cal^'x- 

 teeth long-triangular. Pod rounded; its upper suture decurved 

 at the end. Seeds 3 — 5, globose, duR bro wn; slightly rough ; 

 hUe oblong. — ^Fields and hedges. A. YI. — YHI. Smooth Tare. 



E. S. I. 



3. K grdcSis (Lois.) ; ped. 1 — 4-fl. becoming twice as long 

 as the leaves, leafiet's linear acute in 3 — 4 pairs, calyx-teeth un- 

 equal shorter than their tube, the 2 upper ones shortest, pods 

 Unear 5 — 8-seeded glabrous. — E. B. S. 2904. — Stip. half-arrow- 

 shaped. Fl. tidce as large as those of V. tetrasperma, pale blue ; 

 standard emarginate. Calyx-teeth long-triangular, " two upper 

 slightly converging." Upper sutm'e of pod slightly decurved 

 at°the end. Seeds globose, variegated with dark brown and 

 veUow, smooth, half as large and oval hile half as long as 

 those of Sp. 2. — ^Fields and hedges in the South. A. 'S'T.— 'STII. 



E. 



tt Peduncles long, many-flowered ; calyx gibbous at the base 

 on the upperside. 



4. V. sylvaHica (h.) ; ped. exceeding the leaves, leaflets elliptic 

 blunt mucronate in about 8 pairs, stip. lunate deeply toothed at 

 the base, teeth setaceom, calyx-i^eth shorter than their tube subw- 

 late. — St. 31. 3. — St. many feet long, climbing by their branched 

 tendrils. Fl. many, cream-coloured and streaked with blue or 

 nurple HUe extending about half roimd the seed. — Woods 

 md thickets.— P. VH. Yin. Wood. Vetch. E. S. I. 



